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Pakistan: Police station attacked amid blasphemy allegations
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
In Okara district of Punjab province, Pakistan, 18 people were arrested and 134 others were booked for their roles in assaulting a police station after an alleged blasphemy incident in Behlolpur village, Dawn reported.
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Pakistan: People protest Christian man's death sentence in blasphemy case
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Scores of protesters, including women, assembled outside the Karachi Press Club to protest against what they perceived as the wrongful application of blasphemy laws.
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Christian youth sentenced to death in Pakistan amid blasphemy allegations
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has issued a death sentence to a Christian youth, accusing him of sharing a social media post that allegedly sparked riots in Jaranwala in August last year.
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Pakistani man issues threats to prevent Gurdwara from reopening
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
A widely shared video on social media shows local Muslims in Faisalabad, Pakistan, opposing the reopening of a Gurdwara that has been closed for 76 years.
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Pakistan: Man lynched by mob over alleged Quran desecration, 27 suspects a
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
In a shocking incident that took place in Pakistan's Swat, a mob allegedly tortured a man to death by burning him alive over alleged desecration of the Holy Quran.
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Pakistan: Rights Group condemns lynching of blasphemy accused in Swat
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP) vehemently condemned the mob lynching incident in Swat, Pakistan and criticised the law enforcement agencies.
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Pakistan: Mob lynches tourist, burns him alive in Swat over blasphemy alle
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The victim, a tourist from Sialkot, was burned alive by an enraged crowd on Thursday as per a purported video of the incident that has been circulated on social media.
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Pakistan: Report highlights alarming trends of religious persecution again
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The incident showed a troubling pattern in Pakistan where blasphemy accusations lead to violence against Christian communities
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Christian man attacked by mob over blasphemy allegation dies
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The 70-year-old had been fighting for his life for eight days at a hospital after sustaining severe head injuries in the assault.
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HRFP demands justice for murder of Nazir Masih, falsely accused of blasphe
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Following visits to the incident site on May 25 and May 26, HRFP's investigations revealed that the attack was rooted in a personal grudge by Muslim street fellows rather than actual blasphemy.
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Pakistan: Christians take to streets to protest against yet another mob at
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Angry members of the Christian community took to the streets to protest after a Muslim mob attacked a Christian factory owner in Punjab's Sargodha district for alleged blasphemy, Union of Catholic Asian News reported.
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Pakistan: Rights Group condemns blasphemy allegations, mob attack on Chris
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The incident began when Nazir Masih and Sultan Masih were accused of desecrating pages of the Quran and discarding them in front of their factory.
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